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Article: Reducing costs by linking quality, safety and environmental protection. (Toyota Motor Corp.'s lean production system and environmental protection program)
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- Canadian Chemical News
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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To work, environmental protection must become a line responsibility. The author cites the Toyota example of how it can succeed
It is already difficult enough to juggle quality, profits and safety without having to add environmental protection to the list. But customers, regulators, employees, shareholders, lenders, insurers and environmental groups are demanding that industrial firms establish environmental management systems in their corporations to ensure protection of the environment.
Many firms have responded by establishing systems led by staff environmental experts. This approach ignores the most important lesson of safety and quality management: the ...